Celtic Christmas Podcast

Best Celtic Christmas Music Online #36

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I also host the Pub Songs Podcast and I have two Christmas shows
this year. The first is entitled "A Semi-Celtic
Christmas". The second is just traditional fun Christmas songs.
I also released an EP entitled Celtic
Christmas Songs which features three original Christmas songs
inspired by Celtic culture and lifestyle. It's now on sale on all
the major digital retailers.

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This Week’s Celtic Christmas Music

"Christmas Waltz" by The
Brigands' Folie
from Twain
Brigands' Folie is an exciting acoustic duo playing traditional
Irish, Scottish, English, and colonial American music together
around the Midwest since 2005. The band's mission is to educate the
public about the lives and stories of 18th & 19th Century
settlers, soldiers, and sailors through music of the period.

The Gothard Sisters are three young Celtic and classical
musicians who write new arrangements of traditional celtic and
christmas favorites. They are emerging young artists and dancers
from the pacific northwest and play several instruments each,
creating a warm sound of acoustic progressive celtic-classical
folk.

Mithril's unique progressive style has its roots in traditional
Celtic music but moves far beyond that, weaving such diverse
influences as American folk, classical, and Middle Eastern melodies
in...to their full tapestry of sound.

Celebrating 28 Years of Music Making, Cherish the Ladies is an
American all-female Irish-American super group. The band began as a
concert series in New York in January 1985, the brainchild of Mick
Moloney who wanted to showcase the brightest female musicians in
America in what had been a male-dominated scene. The series opened
to sold out concerts. Under the leadership of the dynamic and
irrepressible Joanie Madden on flutes and whistles, they have grown
from a one-time concert concept to an Irish traditional music
sensation and are the most successful and sought after
Irish-American group in Celtic music.

"Christmas day in the morning/I saw three ships/On Christmas
night/New years day" by Bonnie Rideout
from A Scottish Christmas, The Celebration

Bonnie Rideout is an award winning Scottish fiddler. On stages
from Scotland’s Edinburgh International Festival to America’s
Kennedy Center, Bonnie Rideout’s unique style of Scottish fiddling
has charmed audiences across the globe. Bonnie has been featured on
the BBC, CBS, NPR’s Performance Today, and Morning Edition. Her A
Scottish Christmas CD became a New York Times “Top Ten Holiday Best
Seller”. Its success prompted a touring show that has sold out
halls across North America for over a decade. In 2007, the Mel Bay
Publishing Company credited Bonnie as one of America’s top ten most
influential traditional fiddlers of the 20th century.

The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963
and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover." The group
is best known for their international television series,
contributing to the popularization of Irish Music in North America.
All band members hail from Ireland, however the group was formed in
Toronto, Canada. Since then there have been over 40 albums in North
America with more internationally. “Have You Heard” is a beautiful
Christmas tune with an old world sound, but like with all the Irish
Rovers songs, you’ll want to sing along. It’s written by George
Millar who has written most of the Rovers’ original music over the
years.

Katie McMahon is an Irish singer from Dublin. She was a soloist
with the original Riverdance troupe. Her recordings have largely
featured traditional Irish songs, occasionally in the Irish
language. She has released five critically acclaimed solo CDs:
After the Morning, Shine, Celtic Christmas, St. Patrick's Day and
Christmas Angels.

About the Podcast

Do you love Christmas music? Do you love Celtic music? Subscribe to the Celtic Christmas Podcast. You'll enjoy hours of great Christmas music and entertainment from many of the best indie Celtic musicians online. You'll be rich with holiday spirit and a wealth of Celtic Christmas craic for your holiday pleasure.